Comments on: Antivirus 2009

By: Trey

Trey — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:24:12 +0000

I did a restart, slammed it , then ran ” Spybot ” got rid of the frakking thing for me.

By: Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:32:02 +0000

Help!

I cannot get any of the above mentioned suggestions to run, the software will not allow any thing to run. I am currently running unupdated maware in safemode see what happens.

Any help would be appreciated,
Paul

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:24:14 +0000

ok so i have this virus too and everything is completely gone! like my strt button my icons in the back evrything im havin spyware doctor run will this work ?? please help!!!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:48:54 +0000

Yes, Tracy. Not all parasite removers detect all the spywares and viruses – there is no 100% protection, though some anti-spyware are better than other.

By: Sandi

Sandi — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:42:09 +0000

My son’s laptop needed a new hard drive and the backup software installed. Went to Geek Squad and had them also install Computer Associate’s (CA) Anti-virus/spyware. He now has this malware on his computer. Is it possible CA missed this malware install or could it have been on his computer when I brought it home from Geek Squad?

By: whisper

whisper — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:39:54 +0000

I guess I was so frustrated the first message that I did not read all the feedback here .. Sgt Mathew, I tried to locate the driver u mentioned, TDSS?? but could not find it, I was kind of hoping that this would work .. any other ideas pls … what frustrates me even more that I have a full NAV version with online protection and it is setting there with its green fancy lihght that everything is ok and my system is secure while the stupid virus dancing on the screen with those annoying pop-ups .. I try to update NAV from time to time but nothing is happining, it still give the false stat of my system is “secure” .. any help woult be greatly appreciated .. I need my computer back it is very important to me .. thanks.

By: whisper

whisper — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:09:11 +0000

I tried malwarebytes and it said it removed all the infected files but I still get the stupid pop-ups .. any help please??????

Those idiots who created this stupid virus and other ones need to be thrown in jail for the rest of their f***n lives .. and yes, it is not cool to mess with people’s computers and infect them with viruses, those idiots needs to be prosecuted … the cowards.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:50:07 +0000

I have my own company repairing computers for 13 years and Antivirus 2009 has affected more of my customers than any other virus. I used to repair it manualy but I found malwarebytes does work the best on removing it.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:38:15 +0000

My daughter’s computer is infected for several viruses and this Antivirus 2009. It is very annoying. I went and bought MCAFEE INTERNET SECURITY 2009 but it didn’t work. It’s still pop out.

I will try your way fixing it.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:28:40 +0000

WOW this is so frustrating. I got this virus last night and I have blown my entire day off trying to get this thing off my computer! Sgt Matthew, I tried your fix, but the file was not there. Any other ideas? Could they have made this bug hardier in the last 2 days? I don’t think I’m skilled enough to tap into the registry files, so I guess my $110/hour computer guy is going to get some business. I’ve run malware and searched for files manually, but I still get blocked on the Internet. I’ll repost if I find a solution.

By: Rajcolmo

Rajcolmo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:12:32 +0000

Sgt Matthew you found the gold there… AV2009/2010 blocked all av/anti spyware running.. disabled that driver and they are running and cleaning now.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:46:17 +0000

Sgt. Matthew, you are my Hero . Been messing with this for two days, and your fix did it. This must be a newer version of the attack, and it prevents malwarebytes from even running after being installed.

Thanks,
Bob

By: Andrew Strasser

Andrew Strasser — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:18:51 +0000

I have to say that even with Nod32 and a few other programs I have been unable to remove all associated files even some listed ones are refusing to delete. I have renamed these and moved them hoping to help correct the problem by quarantining them myself. So far it has been to no avail even after registry edits and everything included in these instructions. You’d think they would make thorough instructions so hopefully this new tactic of changing their names and moving them to another place when it tells me the administrator that I can’t delete the files. You’d think Nod32 would have a fix for this with this much info on the net about it.

By: Sgt Matthew H Tartaglia

Sgt Matthew H Tartaglia — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:57:49 +0000

This is working fix! This is a working fix! We should work together and make sure these folks find a nice cosy jail cell where they can receive the proper education on messing with peoples systems who they don’t even know!
Something you might check for those infected with Antivirus 2009, or variants. I found this after watching my outgoing and incoming traffic, I noticed the Server was listed after clicking Show Hidden Devices. You will be so happy so fast it’s not even funny.

-Go to Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > View > Show Hidden Devices.
-Scroll down to â€œNon-plug and Play Driversâ€ and click the plus icon to open those drivers.
-Then search for â€œTDSSserv.sysâ€
-IF it’s there, right click on it, and select â€œDisableâ€. (NOT uninsatll)
-Reboot

Now Run all the anti-spyware and anti-virus software you have.

Sgt Matthew

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:00:46 +0000

My kids downloaded this Antivirus 2009 onto their desktop without realizing what it was. When it popped up on my laptop, I immediately realized it was not a windows based program as it appears to be and couldn’t click out of it without doing going into task manager and shutting it down there. Luckily, I haven’t seen it come back up on my laptop, but – now I’ve got this on the desktop and no matter what I do, I cannot get rid of it. The virus seems to have made it impossible for me to do a system restore, it also does not show up in my program list, I cannot run the normal “tricks” that I normally do when the kids get stuff on their computer. I’ll admit, I’m not handy enough to go in and fix the registry and all that stuff, and after reading some of the above comments, it looks like our computer might be toast… what’s crazy is I have good antivirus software on my computer, but from what I can tell, when this “thing” got downloaded, my antivirus software stopped working as well. What a nasty little bug… (that’s my story).

By: Geewiz

Geewiz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:35:42 +0000

Damn Trojan/Virus thing destroyed all my wallpapers, set up itself as Admin, and general pissed me off for 16 hurs. Went and bought Kaspersky, barely got it to install. Full Scanned 3 times. Worked enough to download Malwarebytes. Worked well . Full scanned 3 times. UNABLE to get the popup fron Antivirus 2009 out of Internet Explorer. Went through the above manual removal but all that crap was destroyed by Kaspersky or Malwarebytes. Help please. Sits at top of my browser LAUGHING at Kaspersky, Malwarebytes and me.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:24:50 +0000

Jim, Spybot and A-squared find only adware part of parazites. I am not using Spybot myself as it is updated too slowly. Kaspersky is one of the best anti-viruses around, together with nod32. So I would encourage to try it if you got license. However, for rogue protection you might want try Spyware Doctor or Malwarebytes anti-Malware as well. Hope this helps.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:21:28 +0000

HI, I’m currently in search of a cure for this infestation and will give your recommendations serious thought. For the info of others similarly infected, Spybot, Trend Micro, A Squared Free, Superantispy, and Avira couldn’t removed this plague. I’ve tried repeated scanning without success. Spybot and A squared both detected it but despite quarantining it were unable to prevent it returning straight away. I got hit with this after uninstalling a Kaspersky AV trial (couldn’t afford it just at that time). I hope there isn’t a connection between the two events. I’d now install Kaspersky if I thought it would fix it, but some of the reviews aren’t encouraging. For info only.

Thanks,

jim

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:22:54 +0000

I tried MBAM and initially couldn’t get rid of it. Even running it in safe mode seemed to have no effect. Then I tried shutting down System Restore, which proved to be the key. Once I turned off system restore I ran MBAM in safe mode. When I rebooted Antivirus 2009 was gone. Then I turned system restore back on and moved on with a pop-up free existence.

By: LB Day

LB Day — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:22:54 +0000

I got infected by it as well, i know enough about computers to know something was fishy when i went and couldn’t find it my add/remove program files and my system said my protection was running properly. using the Malwarebytes works so don’t b a victim.